New York man finds — and returns — $8,000 in bag

BLOOMFIELD, N.Y. — A man who found a bag with $8,000 in cash along a road has returned the money to its owner.

Nick Optis of Mendon came across a money bag Monday morning in Bloomfield, south of Rochester.

After finding the cash and checks made out to nearby White's Farm Market, he brought the bag to the farm stand.

Its owner, Chip White, told the Democrat and Chronicle of Rochester that the money was the weekend's revenue. An employee apparently had lost it on the way to the bank when he opened and closed his car door after seeing it was partly ajar.

The employee realized at the bank the money was gone and raced back to the farm stand. Optis already had dropped it off.